Leeds shopping centres 'go green' in support of World Environment Day

Two of the the biggest retail and leisure destinations in Leeds will be 'going green' tomorrow to show their support for World Environment Day.

Landsec-owned Trinity Leeds and White Rose Shopping Centre are both getting behind the international campaign, which aims to encourage worldwide awareness and action for environmental protection, by turning their roof lights green for the day.

White Rose Shopping Centre is home to the largest solar photovoltaic system at a retail site in the UK

Trinity Leeds also has plans in place to swap plastic straws in favour of paper straws in Trinity Kitchen, in an effort to be more environmentally-friendly.
Speaking of the effort to raise awareness of the campaign, Dan Wharton, marketing manager at Trinity Leeds, said: "World Environment Day is really important.

"We have to act now and do what we can to look after our planet and ensure future generations can continue to enjoy it for years to come."

A green initiative

Both Trinity Leeds and White Rose Shopping Centre are home to aerobic digesters which turn waste food into water, which is then pumped back into the UK water system.

In one calendar year, White Rose Shopping Centre's digester:

Processes 114 tonnes of food (the equivalent weight of a blue whale

Generates 80,000 litres of water (the equivalent of 701 fish tanks)

Saves close to 88 tonnes of carbon emissions (the equivalent of taking 57 cars off the road for a year

Since being installed in November last year, Trinity Leeds' digester has: